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2017 Scholarship Luncheon

The Greater New York Floor Coverers Industry Promotional Fund is pleased to announce the recipients of the Thirty Third Annual Francis J. P. McHale Scholarship and the Annual Greater New York Floor Coverers Industry Promotional Fund Scholarship Awards.

The recipients are Amy Kappel (Greater New York Floor Coverers Scholarship) – Sonja Meberg (Greater New York Floor Coverers Scholarship) - Casey Morrow (Greater New York Floor Coverers Scholarship) and Megan DiCosta (Francis J.P. McHale Scholarship) - Ailish Durcan (Francis J.P. McHale Scholarship) - Hope Ortiz (Francis J.P. McHale Scholarship). This year's winners are, as in the past, deserving of this well earned success.

Greater New York Floor Coverers Scholarship Awardees Casey Morrow - Sonja Meberg - Amy Kappel

Francis J.P. McHale Scholarship Awardees Ailish Durcan - Megan DiCosts - (not pictured Hope Ortiz)

President David Meberg - 2017 Honoree John Mucciarone

The recipients of the First through Twenty-ninth Year Scholarships have completed their courses of study with the help of the Francis J. P. McHale Scholarship and the Greater New York Floor Coverers Industry Promotional Fund Scholarship programs. The Industry Promotional Fund currently has eighteen participants in the scholarship program.

The 2017 Co-Honoree of the Francis JP McHale Scholarship Award is John Mucciarone of National Interiors, who is being honored for his lifetime of devotion and service to the floor coverers industry. The Co-Honorees' family and co-workers will be in attendance at the annual luncheon to celebrate his achievements.

The luncheon where the awarding of the scholarships to this year's awardees, will be held at The Water Club on Thursday, June 8, 2017.